ABSOLUTE SHAKESPEARE
This site describes itself as “the essential resource for William Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, poems, quotes,
biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.” It contains e-texts of the complete original texts of all the plays,
sonnets and poems with summaries, as well as articles about various related subjects. There are also study guides
for some of the more well-known plays.
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DAVID PERDUE'S CHARLES DICKENS PAGE
This website is "dedicated to bringing the genius of Dickens to a new generation of readers."
It is very comprehensive and wide-ranging, with sections on Dickens himself,
his novels, characters and influence, and much more.
It is a huge site with many articles, maps, illustrations and links to other Dickens-related sites.
The writing is succinct and
informative, and there are many quotations from the novels.
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DIOGENES CLUB
This site, named after Mycroft Holmes’s very unsociable club, is dedicated to all things connected with Sherlock
Holmes. Once you get past the rather irritating navigation devices of animated doors opening, it contains
a wealth of useful, entertaining and sometimes quite rare material by and about Conan Doyle. There are
texts of the stories, as scripts of Sherlock Holmes plays by Doyle and William Gillette, Paintings, and
Links to other sites.
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EXPLORE WRITING
This site is an extensive resource on the process of writing and publishing books. It covers all the major categories
of writing, including essays, fiction, journalism, poetry and script writing, and deals with all associated areas
like the writing process, getting paid for writing, publishing, self-publishing and e-publishing. There are also
cheap, downloadable resources for sale.
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THE H. P. LOVECRAFT ARCHIVE
The site has details of the life and works of the American writer H. P. Lovecraft, including
correspondents, interests, a photo gallery, Lovecraftian
locations in New England, a bestiary, a list of grimoires,
literary criticism, bibliographies, periodicals, online articles, films, games, music,
and art based on Lovecraft’s works. It is a comprehensive site with a multitude of links to
other Lovecraft related-sites,
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THE LITERARY GOTHIC
This is a Web guide to all things concerned with “literary Gothicism”, including ghost stories, ‘classic’ Gothic
fiction (1764-1820), and related pre- and post-Gothic and supernatural literature up to 1950. It contains brief
biographies of many writers, but the main purpose of the site is
to provide a selection of links to e-texts of Gothic writings and other websites concerned with all
aspects of the authors and their works.
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THE LITERATURE NETWORK
This site offers searchable online literature for the student, educator, or enthusiast. It covers over 1,900 full
books by over 250 authors, and also carries over
3,000 short stories and poems, and a quotations database with over 8,500 quotes. There are biographies of each
author, and lists of all their works on the site. There is also a forum where readers can post their thoughts
about the writers. It is a good place to look for out-of-copyright texts.
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THE L-SPACE WEB
Dedicated to providing information about all aspects
of Terry Pratchett and his work, this site is maintained
by a group of volunteers, collectively known as the L-Space Librarians.
It also includes art and graphics associated with his work, FAQs, the Discworld Who's Who,
the Discworld timeline, analysis, synopses of books and many other resources. The
site is easy to navigate, and interesting to explore.
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LULU.COM
This is a self-publishing site which differs from vanity publishing in that it costs nothing to actually
publish a book, and income is generated through sales which are published on demand, so that you can have
just one copy for yourself if you wish. Almost
any kind of book can be published, and there is plenty of help available to ensure you make the best of the service.
This link is to the U.K. site. The main American parent site can be found at
Lulu.com.
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LUMINARIUM
This site is a very impressive anthology of English Literature, covering the Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century
and Restoration periods. There are detailed biographies of writers and links to e-texts of their works and articles
about them. The site provides a starting point for students and
enthusiasts of English Literature, and is a useful collection of resources on the periods covered. There
is a simple search facility which works well in tracking down materials on a specific author or topic.
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MANYBOOKS.NET
This is a very good site for downloading free ebooks. There are over 25,000 titles which can be browsed by title,
author, date, category, cover or language. Each text is presented with a brief summary and a short extract to give
a taste of the writing, and they can be downloaded for a variety of different devices.
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MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND THE INTERNET
This website attempts to be a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare
resources available on the Internet, and to present new Shakespeare material
unavailable elsewhere. It includes a Shakespeare genealogy, a
timeline showing the events of Shakespeare's life along
with important contemporary events and publications, the Shakespeare Canon,
Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare, and the prefatory materials
from the First Folio.
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THE ONLINE BOOKS PAGE
If you are looking for a specific online text, this site is a very good place to start.
It contains an index of thousands of online books which are
freely readable on the Internet, as well as pointers to significant directories and archives
of online texts, special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books,
and information on how readers can help to support the growth of online books.
The listings are enormous - everything from Aristotle to Zola - and are very easy to navigate.
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PROJECT GUTENBERG
Project Gutenberg aims to make information,
books and other materials available to 99% of the general public.
The Library has three areas: "Light" Literature such as
Alice in Wonderland and Aesop's Fables;
"Heavy" Literature such as the Bible,
Shakespeare, and Paradise Lost; and References such as Roget's
Thesaurus, almanacs, encyclopedias and dictionaries.
The texts are presented in a very basic format, but is an excellent source for any out-of-copyright material.
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QUOTELAND.COM
If you are looking for a quotation for any purpose and on any subject, then this is the place to come.
It has a huge range of quotations which can be accessed by Topic or by Author and aims to be
“a multimedia archive of the documents that move, inspire,
amuse, anger and ultimately provoke thought within us“, although these do have a strong American bias.
The site is continually developing, and includes opportunities for those who wish to make their own suggestions.
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READ PRINT
This is a collection of over 8,000 free online books by over 3,500 authors. They are divided into essays, fiction,
non-fiction, plays, poetry and short stories, and include many famous and some less famous works. They are easy
to access and download, and there is an efficient search facility which allows you to find specific titles or authors.
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RUSSIAN FOLK TALES
This site is dedicated to the folk tales of Russia and the Ukraine, and is part of the Russian Crafts
website devoted to all things Russian. The tales range from the more familiar, like Baba Yaga and
Pushkin's Tale of the Golden Cockerel, to the totally unfamiliar, like The Little Straw Bull with the Tarred Back.
The tales themselves are presented simply as text, and are easy to download and read, providing a wealth of imaginative
entertainment for people of all ages.
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SCRIPTWRITING.COM
This site deals with all aspects of scriptwriting for film and television. Everything from story structure,
script formatting and character development to selling your script is dealt with, and there is a section of
sample scripts for a wide variety of famous films from Alien to Young Frankenstein.
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THE TOLKIEN SOCIETY
This is the website of the international organisation which aims to encourage and further interest in the works of
J.R.R. Tolkien. It has information about his life and works as well as the huge amount of material others have
written about him, and the events organised by the society. There are also links to other sites with articles
and information about Tolkien, and an online shop selling Tolkien books.
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WRITING.COM
This is “an online community for writers and readers of all interests and skill levels.” It is aimed both at
creative writers and at casual readers searching for a story. It claims to have thousands of members and over
a million literary items created since its inception. You need to join up for free if you want to contribute,
but you can access and read any of the material without joining.
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